Toddler Beds vs Actual beds. Update pg 3

Okay so DD is fastly out growing her crib. We have one more drop then we are done so we are preparing for her "big girl bed".

I am very torn between getting her a todler bed and a regualr twin. When I was a kid my parents just got me a twin sized bed and I slept in that bed until I was 20. I still have the dresser that went with it.

I understand that the toddler bed is lower to the ground but we can always attach rails to a twin size to. So other than the hight is there any other benefits to it?

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my LO is in a toddler bed shes 29" so an actual bed would not have worker, she has a disney fairies bed and she LOVES it, she can get in and out no problem at all, and she gets an aweomse ssleep in it, she was always very fussy and restless in her crib but she calm aas can be in her bed! has been in it since 12.5 monthsi have foam mats surronding her bed incase of fall but i put matress on the floor for 2 weeks before her bed so she could get used it it and she only fell out a couple time when it was on the floow and she hasnt fallen out at all with the bed

We cosleep , but we have two queen beds together..so there's enough room for everyone to sleep..we just need more space lol...oh well we sleep great though :-) crib is in the closet,she used it for 5ish months :-(

We cosleep but have noticed that lo sleeps better when she has her own space. I found a toddler bed at goodwill for 7.99 so we're going to try that in our bed room. Small investment if it doesn't work out.

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Married to my wonderful DH since Oct '08. Mom toAdelina, 11/11 and Baby Girl on the way!

I'm in no hurry to switch. My son is short, he climbs everything else possible but hasn't tried climbing out of the crib so I don't see the point yet. Most people I know didn't switch till lo's were at least 2 and that's probably how it will be for us, but we'll see how that goes.

I'm wondering the same thing. We have another baby on the way and I'd like to use the crib for the new baby (instead of converting it to toddler) and buy DD a twin. I just don't know though. Will DD be ready? We'll have to wait and see!

Since I am due with my second baby girl in just 5 short weeks we decided to buy DD a toddler bed and use the crib with the new baby. Even though it is a 4- in- 1 she hasn't used her crib since she was 6 1/2 months since we moved in with my mom. She got use to sleeping in her PNP so I'm not about to crib train her now! We're going straight for the toddler bed...